Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-05

.oetore the American people. ana u,az,
De so swiftly and Hondignly pun,pha5 ~
the American people, that .tna y
gress at least, would have learne, ~.
lesson, that to TT He. with the lihs,. :
OF American QUEENS is q danoeras
amusement. No iuture Congress wools
ever alsh to pinch its fingers in NV
same door. .hh
The Americans kicked q Copp,es.
end party once. neck aud heels mt
doors, whp had the impudence To al ~,
thing witn Kansas. And. 1t kenf thas
party out OF lower twsnty. four wears
AT another time, Tor far less an Off,.
Tor. even IA support of the right. ints,
ierins by force, With the powers Of Iaost
Sell government in Louisiana ~
Amerlcan people administered a blow j.
Rresldsn Grant aud to the Repnhl;oas
Party, which nearly unseated them isna
Power in 1874, and which did restorathu
Democratio party to power in ~
house. and ultimately in the Who'll
Government, uUe
President Cleveland owes his position
to-day to this abuse OF power by Presi.
dent Grant.
Let President Cleveland read. ma,l
and inwardly 'tiigest' this lesson.
The lesson from all this, is this.
That whenever the United Peonie q,
Dakota are ready to use their strength
and the legal powers vested IN them. Il
will be Impossible for Congress to Iesis.
their rightful demands and to pravant
division and admission.
Not because Dakota ia stronger tban
Congress.
But, because,
1t is one thing to lead a horse 20 woter.
and q totally different thing to make
him drink. The horse that does
not want to drink, can get away every
time with the man who tries to force
him to drink.
So Dakota, can get away every time.
with q Congress that tries to force her to
tax herself for the privilege Of being
Governed by Congress.
The herse's drinking powers are his
own.
Dakota's taxing powers are her own.
There il just q thing. snd one thing
/ only, that is necessary to make a sue
csssiul issue with Congress.
That one thing Is, that the people oil
Dakota wish to do 80. and are unanimous
and determined.
That is all.
The game ia in their own, hands,
Whenever they are ready to make the
issue, they have the power to do sosuo-
cessfuily.
They will be stronger in such a CON
test than congress because Right iE
stronger than Might:
Truth is stronger thar lies;
Constitutional Rights are stronger
than Brute Force;
Public Opinion is stronger than q
\ party Majority in Congress.
To carry this analysis farther, let na
suppose that the learned and able Bill
Springer's plan for the passage of q bill
for the admission OF Dakota as o whole,
is carried out, with q view to ~coereing
the people of Dakota, into sooenting
boundaries and q political representa-.
ton, which they do not desire, such a
plan would be totally inadequate to full.
fil its design, if the people OF Dakota
are united.
HIS IS OUR HOUSE. WE ARE TO LIVE IN
IT. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BUILD IT TO
suIT OURSELVES.
Under whatever enabling act Congress
may paso, the people, through their de-
| 2ltKhb6S al tllkb COuHculiUby WHICH, ShCy
are excited, are sovereign and independ.
emit, and can choose their boundaries,
as they can FIX all their institutions,
absolutely az they please, and according
to their own sovereign will and pleasure,
independent Of Congress, and subject
only to the Limitation that their Govern
ment shall be Republican in form.
The people of Dakota, when they
/ fo.~ ay2faka Hnx,arn pndpk aPa oyQnfJnu a
house, in which they and their children
are TO live forever. It is their house.
They are to live in that house, not Mr.
Springer nor Mr.. Vest (at least we hope
nof.)
They know what suits their interests
better than MIR Springer.
They know m.a. u~o4.suaries nte best
adapted to the conditions and institu-
tions, better than Mr.. Springer.
They know what area and boundaries
their wishes, and their comfort better
than Mr.. Springer.
The people of Dakota are building
their house and home, for themselves,
and their children, forever, and they
have q right to fix it and TO frame it, to
suit themselves.
They know more about.it than any
body else.
They have to live 1t and not others.
They have the best right OF all men, to
have the say about their own house.
But Mr.. Springer says that Congress
has q voice in the boundaries and area
OF the proposed state.
This js true.
But the conclusion that Mr.. Springer
drawe, that Congress has the fnal voice
in this matter, IS where he is wrong,
Both parties, Congress and the New
State, have Q legal voice in the matter,
but it liz an equal voice.
II they disagree, one cannot coerce
the other.
The State cannot coerce Congress.
Neither can Congress coerce the state
Both propositions are equal absurdi-
ties and impossibilities.
In such a case there iH y higher power,
the Master of both; to whom either. can
appeal; snd whose decision is final and
decisive, the American people.
But Mr.. Springer says Congress rep
resents lie American people.
Alb rhere's the rub. Sometimes it
does and o; metimes it does not.
The people OF Dakota feel sure, that
10 its treatment of Dakota, Congress
does not represent the people OF the
United States, but has ontrageousls
misreprssented them, aud that is the
very question which We propose to test.
And we propose to take such action
as will test it.
We are not afraid of the Issue.
We are not surprised that MIR. Sprin-
ger is.
And one thing ma as well be dis
timothy understood now, that
we are not gong to be fright.